Friday, January 02, 2015

"Woman who sued convicted billionaire over sex abuse levels claims at his friends":

"The federal investigation obtained manifests for Epstein’s private
jet travel, but prosecutors never charged anyone besides the investor
with involvement in obtaining or using underaged girls for sexual
purposes.
The new court filing says this result is in part due to the fact that
Epstein’s legal team—which included such heavyweights as former
independent counsel and solicitor general Ken Starr, trial lawyer Roy
Black, and Dershowitz—negotiated a deal that precluded the feds charging
anyone as a co-conspirator.
Lawyers for Jane Doe #3 argue in the new motion that Dershowitz put this language in the agreement to protect himself.
However, the law professor told POLITICO he didn’t negotiate that
deal and it wasn't aimed at protecting him. “I had nothing to do with
drafting the non-prosecution agreement,” he said.
Dershowitz added that the last draft of the agreement mentioned four
people by name who wouldn’t be prosecuted and he was not among them. All
were regular associates or assistants of Epstein, the lawyer said,
adding that the final language removed those names and simply barred
federal prosecutors in South Florida from going after any potential
co-conspirators.
Epstein and his lawyers fought hard to prevent records about his plea
negotiations from being turned over to victims’ attorneys. However,
U.S. District Court Judge Keith Marra ruled last year that the victims
are entitled to examine those records to prepare their case against the
government.
Epstein, Black and others appealed that decision to the Atlanta-based
11th Circuit Court of Appeals, but it ruled in April of this year that
no privilege protects plea negotiations in this sort of dispute."

"Woman who sued convicted billionaire over sex abuse levels claims at his friends":

"The federal investigation obtained manifests for Epstein’s private
jet travel, but prosecutors never charged anyone besides the investor
with involvement in obtaining or using underaged girls for sexual
purposes.
The new court filing says this result is in part due to the fact that
Epstein’s legal team—which included such heavyweights as former
independent counsel and solicitor general Ken Starr, trial lawyer Roy
Black, and Dershowitz—negotiated a deal that precluded the feds charging
anyone as a co-conspirator.
Lawyers for Jane Doe #3 argue in the new motion that Dershowitz put this language in the agreement to protect himself.
However, the law professor told POLITICO he didn’t negotiate that
deal and it wasn't aimed at protecting him. “I had nothing to do with
drafting the non-prosecution agreement,” he said.
Dershowitz added that the last draft of the agreement mentioned four
people by name who wouldn’t be prosecuted and he was not among them. All
were regular associates or assistants of Epstein, the lawyer said,
adding that the final language removed those names and simply barred
federal prosecutors in South Florida from going after any potential
co-conspirators.
Epstein and his lawyers fought hard to prevent records about his plea
negotiations from being turned over to victims’ attorneys. However,
U.S. District Court Judge Keith Marra ruled last year that the victims
are entitled to examine those records to prepare their case against the
government.
Epstein, Black and others appealed that decision to the Atlanta-based
11th Circuit Court of Appeals, but it ruled in April of this year that
no privilege protects plea negotiations in this sort of dispute."